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Yup, I fully understand manufacturers' reluctance to give specific installation advice, but I would think that even professional electricians would appreciate something along the lines of "this appliance must be hardwired" or "this appliance must have a 13A plug fitted", or perhaps "hardwire it...

They do, but then you'll get the same instruction on any device that might need a new 13A plug fitted!

Hi, the Neff-supplied flex has a plug on one end that locks into a socket at the rear of the oven. The other end has the three exposed cores and no plug. Neff give no instructions anywhere as to whether it should have a 13A plug fitted, or whether it should be hardwired. I spoke to Neff who said...

Don't follow - bare wires..?

Thank you both for your help. The kitchen fitters will be installing the oven and hob. I don't suppose they'll appreciate me hardwiring the hob while they're trying to work, so what I propose to do is: Fit a metal back box immediately adjacent to the box for the cooker outlet plate (or maybe...

Thank you all for your input. I'll digest it all in the morning!

Can I hardwire a hob flex? I'd lose the 13A fuse that the plug provides. And we use the CCU for a kettle, so that would be 6kW with the oven on.

Thank you for your input. Sorry if '3 outlets' was misleading, I wasn't sure how to refer to them collectively - it was just to show that they will be tightly together, without long cable runs.

Thanks for that, much appreciated.

Hello, as part of a kitchen makeover I’m replacing a slot-in gas cooker with a Neff built-in single oven, and a Russell Hobbs gas hob. The oven is going into a new base unit and is rated at 2.99kW / 13A. It comes with a flex connection that plugs into the rear of the oven, and the other end of...